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Choosing Our True Identity

Eternal holiness abides in me.

My holiness is far beyond my own ability to understand or know. Yet God, my Father, Who created it, acknowledges my holiness as His. Our Will, together, understands it. And Our Will, together, knows that it is so.

Father, my holiness is not of me. It is not mine to be destroyed by sin. It is not mine to suffer from attack. Illusions can obscure it, but can not put out its radiance, nor dim its light. It stands forever perfect and untouched. In it are all things healed, for they remain as You created them. And I can know my holiness. For Holiness Itself created me, and I can know my Source because it is Your Will that You be known. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 299, W-pII.299. See also ACIM Lesson 299 Insights.)

The Course emphasizes repeatedly that our true Self is as holy as God because It is one with God. But in the world we don’t seem to be holy. We experience sadness, loneliness, guilt, fear, frustration, anger and loss. This experience does not come from our true Self.

It comes from identifying with the ego’s image of a little self, separate from God. It is a false image made to make separation from Love seem real. We identify with this image because we believe it offers us the specialness, the uniqueness, that allows us to claim to have something no one else has. This is the ego’s desire which it seeks to make real to the point of the appearance of death.

We do not have to accept this image as what we are. Our experiences in the world show us that we have chosen this self-image. But it is a choice we can change. We make this choice by forgiving ourselves for choosing against the Love of God. This choice had no effect on God’s eternal Will for His Son be forever united with Him. When we change this choice by letting go of the wish for separation — forgiving — we clear the way to accepting our true Self.

Today we practice choosing to forgive by letting the Holy Spirit help us see with Christ’s vision. As we accept this vision, the Light of Love dispels the guilt and shines away the fear. The veil of ego illusions lifts and reveals the presence of changeless Love everywhere.

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